Cocytus: Antenora's Aliens Part One

Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Kilnorc: Time for another OC villain duel, ya'll! As an added bonus, you'll see some random fun with the group, you'll see WHY Siho is terrified of Scapegoat and other lambs...and plus, you get to see a deck style that not many see in fanfics. Onward!

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Later that night, after Jaden and the others returned to Slifer Dorm, they told their friends what they had seen, and needless to say, Kairi and Christina were in absolute awe and extreme jealousy.

"You got to see real Duel Monsters?!"

"You got to see the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon in a duel?!"

"Yeah...but Siho freaked out when he saw a few Scapegoats...,"

Christina grinned as Syrus recalled the event, then slowly turned to her friend whose face was turning red, eyebrow twitching.

"Aw...did Siho get scared of the lambs, again?" she taunted, grinning from ear to ear.

"Chrissy, shut up. You know I have a problem with that," he muttered.

Jaden leaned forward, "I can understand people being freaked out with Duel Monster cards, but why did you freak out with those Scapegoats?"

"Well, you see, when Siho was younger-,"

"Chrissy...,"

"-his family visited a petting zoo-,"

"I'm warning you, Berg...,"

"-he wandered over to the goat and sheep area, wearing this really nice sweater his mommy gave him,"

Siho reached over and clamped a hand over her mouth, "I swear to God, if you go on, I will bury you alive," he hissed.

Giggling, Christina pulled away from him and hid behind her friends, "So, he was like...what was it, Siho, five years old?"

"You know it was...,"

"Right, anyway, he's five years old, wearing this big sweater, 'cuz it was cold on that day. So, he takes a handful of petting zoo food, and holds it out, hoping for one of the cute animals to wander over, eat out of his hand and be his friend," Christina smiled widely again, "But, this big horned goat waddles over, and he runs his tongue of Siho's hand, tasting the food. Naturally, Siho laughs because he's tickled by this...but his laughs turn to bloodcurdling screams as the horned goat, starts to tug really hard on his oversized sweater sleeve,"

Siho groaned and turned away, face redder than ever as he began to bang his head against the wall.

"The goat actually starts to eat the sleeve, and Siho's terrified that the goat is really trying to eat him, so he keeps screaming and screaming, until his uncle comes over and pulls the sweater off of him, letting the goat finish eating," Christina eyed her embarassed friend, "Since then, he's had a phobia of goats, lambs, and anything related,".

Jaden nodded, "So that's why he was scared of the little guys...,"

Syrus giggled, "Aw man...that must've been hard when your family wanted lamb chops for dinner, huh, Siho?"

WHAP!

Siho glared at Syrus, who lay whimpering on the floor, head over the newly formed bump on his head, "Shaddup, Truesdale! So I'm afraid of something, that a problem?!" he snapped.

"Siho!" Christina stared at her friend, "Ya didn't hafta hit him!" she scolded.

"He didn't have to make that crack!"

"You still didn't hafta hit him!"

"You shouldn't have told them about that damned day!"

Before anyone could say another word, Siho stormed out of the Slifer Dorm, hopping over the railing outside of Jaden's room.

"Wow...," Chumley leaned to the side, watching him leave, "He looks pretty mad...,"

Christina waved him off, "Bleh...just let him go and watch his movies, or read his books...or look at his deck. He does this everytime someone finds out about that day. He just needs to chill out and let it go...,"

Syrus nodded slowly, "Yeah...," he turned to the long-haired Slifer, "Speaking of decks, I've been wondering something, Chrissy,"

"Lay it on me, Sy,"

"Well...why does Siho play those cards he has? I mean, from what I've seen and what I've heard, those are really creepy. Why does he play those?"

Christina put her arms behind her head and leaned against the wall, "Two reasons. One, it was his father's deck. Two, he likes scary stuff,"

"His father's deck?"

She nodded, "Yep. Siho's father was once a great duelist, really big into the occult, but he got a really important job and had to pass it off. So, Siho inherited his father's deck. However, there were rumors that Siho's deck had cards that belonged to another duelist," she leaned forward a bit, "People said that when Siho was growing up, he'd see a dark man who would tell him what card to play, and how to terrify people to win,"

"A dark man...?!" Syrus slipped behind Jaden, "W-what kinda dark man?"

"Pfft, hell if I know," Christina shrugged, "But because no one else could see the Dark Man, they thought it was an imaginary friend of Siho's. However, as he got older, Siho would keep seeing him and talking to him. The school and his parents were very worried, and to help their son get over it, they sent him to a shrink and since then, he's had to take medication to keep the Dark Man from talking to him again...plus to keep the nightmares away,"

"Nightmares?"

"Yep. Along with the presence of the Dark Man, Siho would have dreams that would be so scary, not only would he wet his bed, but he'd also lose a lot of sleep,"

Chumley frowned, "So...is he nuts, or what?"

Again, Christina shrugged, "Personally, I don't know and I don't care. If Siho sees a Dark Man, then he sees one and it's his problem to deal with it...I have no say in whether or not he's a psycho...," she shook her head, a smile coming to her face, "Ok...now I gots some questions,".

She pointed to Chumley, Syrus and Jaden, "Why do you guys use those decks you have?" she challenged.

Chumley twiddled his fingers, "Uh...well, I love koalas and I've been to Australia a few times on camping trips with my dad, so...," he rubbed the back of his head, "You know, I just got into them...,"

"Ok...now, Syrus, your turn!"

"Uh...well, you mean why I play Machines?"

"That, and why those Machines are those weird 'Roids,"

Syrus took out his deck and fanned it out on the floor, "Well, I play Machine-Type monsters, because Zane uses Machine monsters and he's my big brother, so I want to be like him. Kinda like a tribute, ya know?"

"Ok, makes sense," Christina nodded, "But why the Vehicroid cards?"

"Hehehe," Syrus blushed a little, "I...used to play with toy cars all the time when I was younger, and I loved those cartoons that had the living cars. I just thought it was really cool,"

"Okay...," the female Slifer pointed to Jaden, "You're up, Hero boy!"

Jaden pointed to himself, "You wanna know why I play Elemental Heroes?" he asked slowly.

"Duh,"

The male Slifer pulled out and held his deck, staring at it, "This deck...actually, wasn't mine before. One time, when I was younger, I broke my leg while playing basketball, and I ended up in the hospital. While I stayed there, there was this guy who had the bed next to me. He told me all about dueling and before he left the hospital with his sister, he gave me the Elemental Heroes...," he grinned and tapped the deck lightly, "You could say that's what got me into dueling...,"

Syrus whistled, "Wow...hey Chrissy," he turned and facefaulted as he saw Chrissy sniffing, wiping away some tears.

Guess she liked that story... he thought, sweatdropping.

"Anyway...Chrissy, why do you use Amazons?"

Christina sniffed one more time, "Because of my dad. He was a good duelist with awesome Warrior monsters like Gilford the Legend, and Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight-,"

"But you don't have those cards," Chumley interrupted her.

Christina glared at him, "-and while I was growing up, he used to tell me stories about knights of glorius kingdoms and even warrior women that lived in the wilderness of the Amazon Jungle,"

"So that's why you're into them?" Jaden asked, "Because of those stories?"

"Well...that and because of those episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess that had the Amazon chicks fighting from the trees,"

All the boys just stared at her.

Kairi sat near the other end of the room, holding her deck close to her, her head lowered.

She's not the only one who had a deck that reminds her of her father... she thought as a tear rolled down her cheek.

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"When are we going to go after the target again?"

"Peace...we cannot do it right now,"

"Why the hell not?"

"Because it's not the right time. However, while we are awaiting the right time to engage the target again, we have a loose end to tie up,"

"You mean Nightshroud's vessel?"

"Yes. If he fully recovers, with memories intact, he can inform the others of our goal, our decks and our weaknesses. He's weak now, so we must eliminate him!"

"Meh...I'm out of this one. Assassinating someone really ain't my thing,"

"Caina's out too...ever since she lost, your sister has been moping around,"

"She's lucky I haven't taken her out myself, for failing the mission!"

"Calm down...she's getting a full upgrade for her deck and dueling strategy, so in the future, she can have another shot. Now, about Nightshroud's vessel...,"

"You take him out...and make sure that no one interferes!"

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Miss Fontaine walked down the aisle of beds in the infirmary, doing her nightly rounds before heading back to her own room at the Obelisk Blue girl's dorms. The infirmary was pretty quiet, no new patients came in...and a few people didn't leave just yet.

Atticus Rhodes lay on his bed, still resting peacefully while Jordan sat at his bed side, arms crossed.

Smiling, Miss Fontaine walked over to him.

"Jordy, why don't you go home and get some sleep?"

Jordan shook his head, "I ain't leavin' till he's better...," he murmured.

"Jordy...,"

"I said, I ain't leaving!" he snapped, glaring at her a little.

Miss Fontaine was startled by the Ra's attitude, but she wouldn't say that she didn't see this coming. From what she heard from Alexis, Jordan considered the two Rhodes siblings to be his own brother and sister, even though they were just cousins.

She nodded patted him on the head, "Well...then, I'll just go make sure the vending machines outside are working so you won't have to go far for some snacks," she offered.

Jordan nodded and the woman walked away, her heels clacking against the cold floor.

Atty...what did those freaks do to you? Where did they keep you this entire time? he wondered, looking at his resting cousin, Alexis was worried sick and missed you like crazy. I did too, but I managed to keep Lexi from going nuts with grief from the idea of you not coming back. She said that she didn't want me to go after those freaks, out of fear that she'd lose me too, but I promise you, Big Bro...I won't let them get away with this!

A loud crashing sound made Jordan fall out of his seat.

"What the hell was that?!"

Jordan got to his feet, grabbed his duel disk that sat nearby on another chair, then darted out of the infirmary. As soon as his foot stepped out of the infirmary door, he yelped and did a flip, only to land hard on his back.

He lay there, feeling both the pain in his body from the fall, as well as a strange sticky substance around him. Slowly, Jordan sat up and found that most of the hallway floor was covered in some disgusting green goo.

With a groan of disgust, he flicked the slime off of one hand, only to feel a strand fling back and get stuck to his forehead.

"What the hell is this...slime?" he muttered, trying hard to get back to his feet, hoping not to slip and fall again.

He looked around and saw that a couple of the vending machines had been toppled over, and a trail of slime leading away from the infirmary. Taking a closer look, Jordan realized that whatever made those tracks, had been dragged.

Curious and fearful as to what he may find, Jordan slowly made his way across the slime pool, his clothes, hair and duel disk dripping with the slime.

"Ugh...man, this is disgusting...," Jordan spat as he eased his way around the corner. The slime trail went down the hall and into an open door.

Man, how could Miss Fontaine not see this on her way out? Jordan stopped in his tracks, looking down at the trail, Unless...whatever made this grabbed her. Oh, my God...!

He ran, or rather slid towards the door and peeked into the room. It was an empty classroom, but the trail of green slime told Jordan that he probably wasn't alone.

"Miss Fontaine, are you in here?" he called out, hearing his voice echo around him, "It's Jordan! Listen, if you're here and you can hear me, yell so I can find you!"

He was about halfway down the stairs when the door slammed shut behind him. Startled by the noise, Jordan slipped, lost his footing, and went tumbling down the stairs, hitting the floor, more and more of the slime covering him.

"Jeez...kids are jumpy around here,"

Jordan lifted his head, spitting out some slime, "Sonofa...bitch!"

"Aw, naughty, naughty, little boy...," a cold chuckle came as a pair of white, sleek boots came into Jordan's view.

Jordan looked up to see a tall woman, one with long red hair, clad entirely in white. She had a long white trenchcoat, knee-high white boots, a very short white tank top, while the outfit was completed by a pair of ruby-lensed shades.

The woman tilted her head to the side, her arms behind her head, "First the old bag, now a runt...I figured that they would've had more protection for Nightshroud's body,"

Nightshroud's body?! Jordan scowled and climbed to his feet, backing away as best he could, "Shadow Rider...," he hissed.

The woman laughed, "My, aren't we perceptive?" she lifted her shades to show a pair of yellowish pupils, which startled Jordan, "Cocytus Squad member number two, Antenora!" she introduced herself with a cold smile.

"Jordan Rhodes, Machine King of Ra Yellow and brother of Atticus...but you may know him as Nightshroud,"

Antenora giggled, "I don't run into Caina's opponent, but I run into Nightshroud's flesh and blood? My my...such good fortune," she pointed off to the side, "Looks like I'll have more fun with you than I did her,"

Jordan looked to the side and his eyes widened to see Miss Fontaine laying across some stairs opposite of them, completely covered from head to toe with slime.

"What the hell did you do to her?!" he snapped, glaring at the woman.

Antenora shrugged, "Nothing, really. I just nabbed her and took her out of the formula," she lowered her sunglasses, "But now...what to do with you?" she asked, tapping her chin.

"I'll tell you what you can do with me, you bitch," Jordan's duel disk whirred to life as he cleaned his deck as best he could, "You gonna duel me right here and now, because that's the only way you're getting to my family!"

The Cocytus member laughed coldly as she pulled her arms out from behind her back, to reveal a black duel disk with a black C and a number 2 on it, "If you really wanna throw your life away, boy, that's fine by me,"

"DUEL!" they both shouted as they drew their hands.

A: 4000
J: 4000

"I'll go first," Jordan drew his sixth card, "I'll place two cards facedown, and I'll end my turn by placing one card facedown in defense mode,"

Antenora remained silent as she drew her card, "I summon Alien Warrior (1800/1000) in attack mode!" she declared as a horrific creature with gray, slimy skin and long claws appeared, roaring loudly.

Alien?! I've never heard of that type of card before... Jordan grit his teeth.

"Alien Warrior, attack his facedown card now!"

Jordan grinned as his card flipped up, revealing a metal jar with glass and lights blinking before it was destroyed, "Thank you! That was my Cyber Jar (900/900), and it has a special effect. When it's flipped up, it destroys every monster on the field, and then we both take five cards from the top of our deck...," Jordan reached down and snatched five cards, "If any of them are monsters that are Level 4 or lower, then we can summon them in either facedown defense mode, or face-up attack mode. Any other card that we can't summon, gets added to our hand,".

He looked down at his five cards, "Not bad...I summon Cyber Kirin (300/800), Cyber Phoenix (1200/1600), Machine King Prototype (1600/1500), Mechanicalchaser (1850/800), and one monster facedown in defense mode,"

Antenora nodded slightly, "Five low level monsters on the first time...lucky, aren't you?"

Jordan scoffed at her, "Luck has nothing to do with it. Now," he waved an arm to his Machine King, "While he is out, he gains 100 attack and defense points for every face-up Machine-Type monster on the field," he pointed to his other monsters, "So...that's three monsters besides him, so he gains 300 points in both attack and defense points!"

Cyber Kirin (300/800)
Cyber Phoenix (1200/1600)
Mechanicalchaser (1850/800)
Machine King Prototype (1900/1500)

Antenora rolled her eyes as she took her five cards, "You think you're the only one who got the cards they needed?" she asked, looking up from the extra hand, "I summon Alien Hunter (1600/800), Alien Skull (1600/1800) and my second Alien Warrior!"

Jordan groaned as three more ugly aliens arrived, "Man...that's not a pretty picture,"

"Don't diss the aliens, you little punk," his opponent hissed, "Throughout the millenia, people of earth have thought that they were the only intelligent life in the universe, but as you can see, recently, theories by scientists have made people think that they're not alone in this vast universe of ours...,"

"Why the hell are you tellin' me all this, I thought we were dueling, not having a lecture on the supernatural,"

"I just thought I'd give a little change of pace...," Antenora grabbed a couple more cards from her hand, "Next, I'll place two cards facedown, and then I'll play the Spell card known as 'A'-Cell Scatter Burst!"

"Say what?"

"This card, when I sacrifice one Alien monster on my field, this Spell card creates an A-Counter for each star in the sacrificed monsters level. So, that's four A-Counters...in exchange for Alien Hunter,"

Jordan raised an eyebrow as four blobs of green slime appeared, "What good does that do you?"

Antenora smiled, "What good? Simple. The A-Counters...I can attach them to any monster or monsters on your field if I want, so...," she shrugged, "I'll attach one to your Cyber Kirin, another to Cyber Phoenix and the two remaining Counters to your Mechanicalchaser!"

Like parasites, the Alien Counters flew over and attached themselves to Jordan's monsters, making sickening, squishy noises as they landed.

"I'll end my turn with that,"

Jordan drew his card, "Alright...uh," he glanced at the blobs covering his monsters, "I sacrifice my Machine King Prototype to summon Machine King (2200/2000)," he paused as his cyborg was replaced by another, more refined cyborg, "But he won't be staying for long...I play Machine King Upgrade! By sacrificing my Machine King, I can Special Summon Perfect Machine King from my hand...,"

The Ra grinned as he held up the card, "So here he comes...I summon Perfect Machine King (2700/1500) in attack mode!"

Once again, his cyborg left and a much larger, much more advanced-looking metal behemoth appeared in it's place.

"Like my other Machine Kings, he does gain points for every Machine-Type monster on the field, but it's not 100...Perfect Machine King gains 500 attack and defense points!" he nodded, grinning, "So, my three face-up machine monsters give him a big ol' power boost of 1500 points!"

Cyber Kirin (300/800) A-Counter
Cyber Phoenix (1200/1600) A-Counter
Mechanicalchaser (1850/800) 2 A-Counters
Perfect Machine King (4200/1500)

Antenora looked up at the monster, "Impressive...I can see how you're related to Nightshroud,"

"Atticus!" Jordan snapped, "His name is ATTICUS! Atticus Rhodes!" he glared at her, "Nightshroud left when Jaden Yuki kicked his ass...he's not here anymore!" he pressed a button on his duel disk, "Activate Trap card! Ring of Destruction!"

A large ring with red grenades appeared around his Perfect Machine King's neck.

"This Trap card destroys one monster on the field, and we both take damage equal to it's attack points," Jordan explained as he pressed another button on his disk, "Well...one of us will. I play my second facedown card called Ring of Defense!"

A large green fan appeared between him and Machine King, blades spinning like a twister.

"This card protects me from the blast, so it looks like you're the one getting the full power...,"

"Don't think so,"

Jordan stared at her, "Say what?"

Antenora pressed a button on her disk, "Activate my own facedown Trap card...Seven Tools of the Bandit! Now, by sacrificing 1000 Life Points, I can negate and destroy one Trap card on the field, so just guess which one I'm gonna destroy, you little punk,"

Oh crap... Jordan looked away as his Ring of Destruction was blown to bits, That means my other Ring was used up for no reason!

A: 3000
J: 4000

"So what, I still got my attack...," he pointed to one of her monsters, "Mechanicalchaser, attack her Alien Warrior!"

Antenora shook her head as the Machine-Type lunged towards her monster.

"By the stars, you are so predictable," she muttered, pressing another button on her disk.

Just as Mechanicalchaser's spear was about to come crashing down on the Alien, it was suddenly stopped seconds before Machine King, which stood silently on the field, exploded into millions of bits and pieces.

Jordan glared at her as his monster crumbled into nothingness, "What the hell was that?!"

"It was a trap card known as Widespread Ruin. When your monsters attack, I activate this and the strongest monster on your field gets destroyed...," she smiled, "You honestly think I'd let your metal man hurt my friends?"

The Ra grit his teeth, "Ok...so, I got a minor setback...no worries. Mechanicalchaser, continue your assault!"

His winged metal monster flew at the Alien Warrior again, spear at the ready. But something strange happened. When it connected with the Alien, it was Mechanicalchaser that got blown to pieces, and not Alien Warrior.

"Now what?!" Jordan snapped, eye twitching, "My monster had more attack points than yours!"

Antenora wagged a finger, "True...but, remember those Alien Counters I placed on your monster?"

"Yeah...,"

"Well, when a monster with A-Counters attacks an Alien monster, the attacking monster loses 300 attack and defense points for every counter it has on him," she smiled, "Last I checked, your Mechanicalchaser had two A-Counters...,"

Jordan stared dumbly at her, "So...th-that means...,"

"Yep...your Mechanicalchaser lost 600 points in both attack and defense points,"

Alien Warrior (1800/1000)

Mechanicalchaser (1250/200)

A: 3000
J: 3450

Cyber Kirin (300/800)
Cyber Phoenix (1200/1600)
1 f/d

Alien Skull (1600/1800)
Alien Warrior (1800/1000)

Dammit... Jordan reached down to his monsters, "I'll switch my remaining face-up monsters into defense mode and end my turn,"

Antenora drew her card and smiled, "Boy...if you think my Aliens were tough now...then wait until you see the ones that rule over them...,"

To Be Continued...

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Kilnorc: ok, I really hope I did this part of the duel well...I've never used Alien monsters or cards for them, so I hope I did it ok for now...heheh...ja ne!